Simplified theme editing and management

[andrewpai]

Simplified theme editing and management

Problem

FusionAuth allows administrative users to create custom themes. Editing themes is powerful, giving the theme creator complete control over each page's code, and access to lots of variables that collectively can be used to customize the user experience.

Customization also comes with some complexities and management overhead.

• Theme templates are written in FreeMarker, which is not well known by many users
• Because a custom theme can take over all aspects of a page, a customized theme can require ongoing maintenance to include new features
• Customization is time consuming

Solution

A simpler way to customize themes is needed. The simpler method of theming should include

• A visual editor with real-time preview
• The ability to quickly configure styles, images, and other theme assets
• Forwards-compatibility, allowing an admin to create a theme once and have it apply to all future releases

This new method should exist in addition to the existing system, allowing admins to create complicated themes when desired.

Alternatives/workarounds

There are no workarounds.

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